Event #15: $1,100 NLH Main Event Day 1B ($990 + $110)
| Date: | Day 1b: Sep 26, Noon |
| Blinds: | 40 Minutes |
| Starting Stack: | 40k |
| Late Entry: | 9 Levels (Entries Close About 7:15 PM) |
| Day 1 Ends: | 12.5% of the Field; Players Must Bag to Get Paid; Best Stack Forward |
| Entries: | 12/95 |
| Prizes: | $89,348 |
The final chance for a Main Event bag starts on Saturday at noon, and the stack to beat so far belongs to Michael St. Pierre-Porter, with more than 600k. Ben Veenstra & Dana Shore both bagged more than 500k for second & third, with Veenstra nearly out the door near the start of Level 17.
Day 1a Stacks
| Player | Chips | BB (10k) |
|---|---|---|
| Michael St. Puerre-Porter | 611,000 | 61.10 |
| Ben Veenstra | 578,000 | 57.80 |
| Dana Shore | 530,000 | 53.00 |
| Ali Khani | 371,000 | 37.10 |
| Garrett Chin | 361,000 | 36.10 |
| Anderson Frank-Graham | 309,000 | 30.90 |
| Quentin Siffledeen | 305,000 | 30.50 |
| Neil Anderson | 222,000 | 22.20 |
| Julius Roque | 166,000 | 16.60 |
| Aman Dhaliwal | 146,000 | 14.60 |
| Thurston Kesteris | 112,000 | 11.20 |
| Chad Hallett | 89,000 | 8.90 |
The opening flightgot 95 entries for prizes of $89,348, and played until 12:32 in Level 17, so the biggest blinds to start Day 2 will be 5k/10k/10k. That could change is Day 1b ends earlier, but the blinds will only go down from that.
Day 1b is a redo of 1a, though I expect a field of about 150 based on the numbers so far. The action starts at noon, with 40-minute levels. Players can buy 40k in chips anytime until the start of Level 10, which should be around 7:15 PM. The Day 1 action continues until 12.5% of the field remains.
This is a best stack forward event, meaning that 1a players who want to try for a bigger bag can play 1b without surrendering their 1a stack. If they bag two stacks, they play the biggest on Day 2, with the smallest getting cashed out to start the day.
Coverage should start sometime around the first break, in Level 3 or 4.
